Laboratory tests in the detection of extended spectrum beta-lactamase production: National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) screening test, the E-test, the double disk confirmatory test, and cefoxitin susceptibility testing

Laboratory tests in the detection of extended spectrum beta-lactamase production: National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) screening test, the E-test, the double disk confirmatory test, and cefoxitin susceptibility testing

Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) production by Klebsiella sp. and E. coli is an emerging problem. In this study, 107 clinical isolates (53 E. coli, 47 K. pneumoniae and 7 K. oxytoca) screened as ESBL producers by the NCCLS disk diffusion procedure were submitted to a double disk confirmatory...

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Main Authors: Pedro A. d'Azevedo, Ana Lúcia S. Gonçalves, Maiara I. Musskopf, Carina G. Ramos, Cícero A. G. Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
ESBL
double disk confirmatory test
cefoxitin susceptibility testing
screening test
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000500006&lng=en&tlng=en

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